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  2. Standard 52-card deck - Wikipedia

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    The standard 52-card deck [citation needed] of French-suited playing cards is the most common pack of playing cards used today. The main feature of most playing card decks that empower their use in diverse games and other activities is their double-sided design, where one side, usually bearing a colourful or complex pattern, is exactly ...

  3. French-suited playing cards - Wikipedia

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    The most common deck sold in France is the 32-card deck with the 2 to 6 removed and 1s as the index for aces. 52-card packs are also popular. The French have a unique habit of associating their face cards with historical or mythical personages which survives only in the portrait officiel. [3]

  4. List of traditional card and tile packs - Wikipedia

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    Stripped French 32-card deck. 24-card stripped decks are often sold in Germany and Austria for Schnapsen. These decks go from nines to aces in each suit. Doubled versions of this deck (2x24) are used to play Pinochle and Doppelkopf. 32-card packs have ranks seven through ace in each suit and are very common in Europe.

  5. Playing card - Wikipedia

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    52 French-suited playing cards with jokers, with honors marked in English. French decks come in a variety of patterns and deck sizes. The 52-card deck is the most popular deck and includes 13 ranks of each suit with reversible "court" or face cards.

  6. List of card games by number of cards - Wikipedia

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    The composition is indicated in brackets thus: (suits x cards) e.g. (4 x AKQJT) means 4 suits each containing the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten. The key to suits is: F = French-suited cards, G = German-suited cards, I = Italian-suited cards, Sp = Spanish-suited cards and Sw = Swiss-suited cards.

  7. Diamonds (suit) - Wikipedia

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    In the official Skat tournament deck, diamonds are yellow or orange, assuming the color of their German-deck equivalent, which are usually golden. The following gallery shows the diamonds from a standard 52-card deck of French-suited playing cards. Not shown is the Knight of Diamonds used in the tarot card games:

  8. Spades (suit) - Wikipedia

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    In the official skat tournament deck, spades are green, assuming the color of their German-deck equivalent. The following gallery shows the spades in a standard 52-card deck of French-suited playing cards. Not shown is the Knight of Spades used in Tarot card games:

  9. Joker (playing card) - Wikipedia

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    The Joker is a playing card found in most modern French-suited card decks, as an addition to the standard four suits (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades). Since the second half of the 20th century, they have also been found in Spanish - and Italian -suited decks, excluding stripped decks .